Machine for cutting and stamping cigars



No Model.)

B. SHELDON. MACHINE FOR CUTTNG AND STAMPING CIGARS.

/N VEN TOR W/TNESSES mfm Arron/5y A UNITED STATES PATENT Enron..

BERNARD SHELDON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW" YORK.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND STAMPiNG CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 597,593, dated January18, 1898.v

Application led March 11l 1897. Serial No. 627,006. ,(No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD SHELDON, of Erooklyn, in the county ofvKings and State of N ew York, have invented a new and Improved Machinefor Cutting and Stamping Cigars, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to providea machine in which will be`combined a device for cutting the ends oft cigars and a device forbringing type in a position to print upon or stamp a cigar.

A further object ofthe invention is to so conneet the cutting mechanismwith the stamping mechanism that the latter will be brought intooperation when vthe former is carried to the position to cut or trim thecigar.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clamp through the mediumof which the cigar to be cut and stamped maybe rmly held upon atable,but engaged in such manner that the cigar will receive no injury.

Another object of the invention is to construct the various parts in asimple, durable, and economic manner, and to provide a covering for theopening in the table through which the type extends when stamping acigar, the said covering being automatically carried over the openingwhen the clamp is released, thereby preventing any trimmings from thecigar from falling on the face of the stamp or type. 4 The inventionconsists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts,as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 isaplan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken substantially on the line3 3 of Fig. 1, the parts of the machine being in their normal position;and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, illustrating the cutter and thestamping device both as brought into operation.

The frame A of the machine comprises a table 10, a side 11, projecteddownward from the table, and two end pieces 12, the side being provided,prefe1ably,with lugs 13, extending below its lower edge to engage withthe side surface of a support upon which the frame rests, as shown inFigs. 2 and 4L.

Y A groove Mis made longitudinally iu the top of the table7 preferablyadjacent to the uncovered side of the frame, the said groove beingadapted to receive a cigar. At one end of the groove a slot 15 is madein the table, the slot being Virtually a continuation of the groove, asthat portion of the cigar to be printed upon is made to extend over thisslot. A clamp 16 is supported over the slot 15, the under face of theclamp being preferably coucaved and its upper face convened. An arm 17is secured to l[he central portion of the clamp 16, which arm is carriedin direction of the closed end of the trame and is fulcrumed uponbearings 18, secured to the table. At the rear of the bearings 1S a slot2O is produced in the table, through which a link 19 is carrieddownward, the upper end of the link being pivotally attached to the rearend of the arm 17, attached to the clamp, since the open portion of theframe is virtually its forward side. The link 19 is provided with alongitudinal slot 19, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and at the rear upperportion of the link a lug 21 is projected outward and normally restsupon the table, as shown in Fig. 3, when the clamp is not being used,the clamp being at that time held in an elevated position, also shown inFig. 3, by means of a spring 22, secured to the frame A and to the lug21 of the link. A bar 23, located beneath the table, is pivoted at itsinner end in the slot 19 of thelink 19. The bar 23is attached to acover-slide 24. This slide is supported at its ends in ways 25, made atthe ends of the slot 15, and when the clamp 1G is in its elevatedposition or is not in use the cover-slide 2i will be beneath the opening15, completely closing it, as shown in Fig. 3, so that scraps ofmaterial cannot drop downward through said opening.

The object of closing the opening 15 when the machine is not in use isto prevent the scraps from falling upon the type, since immediatelybelow the opening 15 a type-bed 26 is horizontally supported, the saidbed being usually in the nature of a bar. The bed loosely receives studs27 at its ends, the said studs being projected downward from the un-ICO - the pivoted jaw of the keeper is carried down* i ward the lift-baris carried upward, engaging with the under face of the type-bar, and atThe fixed member 30 of a cigar-cutter ofV ordinary type is secured toone end of the table, its curved or cutting edgeV being at the end ofthe groove lir for the cigar, and the movable jaw yor member-.3l of thecutter is provided with theordinarycurved cutting'edge to cooperate withythe corresponding edge ofV the fixed jaw of the cutter, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4l. The pivotedjaw 3l is normally held elevated by means ofa spring 32, attached to it and totheframe, thesaid spring beingcompressed when ,the pivoted Y jaw is carried downward. A link 33 ispivotally attached to the movable jaw 3l ofthe cutter., extendingdownward through an opening 34 in the ta-V ble. The lower end of thelilik is pivoted to the short end of a lever 35, which lever isfulcrumed upon au end piece l2 of the frame. A litt-bar 36 is attachedto the lower and longer endof the lever, extending upward atV an anglethereto, being provided at the'top lift-bar. The head 37, when thepartsof the machine are inactive, is below the type-bed and out ofengagement therewith; but when ther time the pivoted jaw of Vthe cutteris brought into cutting action with its fixed jaw the type carried bythe type-bed will have been pushed upward a sufiicient distance to bringthe type in engagement with the cigar. Just before operating the cutter,however, the clamp 16 is engaged ordinarily by the fore and middlefingers of the hand, one being placed at each side of the arm 17. Uponpressing the clamp downward to an engagement with the cigar thecover-slide 24 is carried rearward, as shown in Fig. 4, permitting thetype to ascend when the cutter is operated. A clamp shaped and operatedas described will hold the cigar iirinly on the table in position to becut and stamped without injury to said cigar.

I desire it to be understood that preferably the stationarymeinber orjaw 30 of the cigarcutter is made adjustable upon the frame, as shown indotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4 namely, by making the slots in the lowerportion of said member or jaw and passing screws through the slots intothe frame. I desire it to be further understood that a drawer may beplaced in the frame, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to hold thetype not in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the support having an opening,the type-bed below said opening,

the movable clamp above the opening, means for operating the type-bed,and a slide operated froni the clamp and adapted to cover and Vuncoverthe opening in the support, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination ot the support having an opening, the type-bed belowsaid opening, the slide adapted to coverand uncover said opening, randmeans for operating the slide, substantially as described.

' 3. The combination, with a support for a cigar, a cigar-cutter and atype-bed operated from the cigar-cutter, the said support being providedwith an opening in the surface prepared to receive the cigar, of amovable clamp gagement with a cigar placed over saidopenV ing, a slideoperated from the clamp, being adapted to cover and uncover the bottomportion of theopening in the said table, a type- Y bed located below thesaid opening in the table, andmeans for operating the said typebed, asand for the purpose specified.

5. In a machine for cutting and stamping cigars7 a table having anopening 1n the surface prepared toV receive the cigar, a cigar'- cutterconnected with the table, a type-bed loosely supported beneath thetable, capable of movement to and from the opening therein, f

a devicefor operating the type-bed through the movement of the pivotedjaw of the cutter, a slide normally located beneath the opening in thetable and above the type-bed, a clamp fulcrumed above the table,comprising a head or body and an arm, the head or body being locatedover the opening in the table, a link connection between the slide andthe arm of the clamp, and a tension device normally holding the head orbody of the clamp elevated and the slide under the opening in saidtable, as and for, the purpose set forth. 6. In a machine for stampingcigars, a table having an opening therein over which the cigar is to beplaced, a movable type-bed under the table, means for operating thetype-bed, a clamp fulcrumed above the table, comprising an arm and ahead or body, the latter extending longitudinally overvthe opening inthe table, a slide connected with and operated from the clamp, the slidebeing normally located under the opening in the table, and a tensiondevice likewise connected with the clamp,- normally holding the headthereof at a predetermined elevation above the table, as and for thepurpose specified.

BERNARD SI-IELDON. lVitnesses:

JOHN E. HowLAND, ARTHUR KATsKv.

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